Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Associated with Failed Completion of Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection - Chickasaw County, Mississippi, June 1999-March 2002

Author(s)

T. Chamblee
D. Hartley
M. Holcombe
K. Parham
P. Upchurch
R. M. Webb
Alyssa G. Robillard, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow
L. Diem
B. Metchock
N. DeLuca
P. D. McElroy
T. Navin
W. Walton
P. K. Dewan

Document Type

Article

Subject Area(s)

Public Health

Abstract

During June 1999-March 2002, a total of 16 tuberculosis (TB) cases were reported from Chickasaw County, Mississippi (2000 population: 19,440), corresponding to annual TB incidences of 20.5-27.6 cases per 100,000 population. In comparison, annual TB incidences for Mississippi during the same period decreased from 7.8 to 5.4 cases per 100,000 population. This report summarizes the results of an investigation of the patients and their contacts and demonstrates the need for strategies to increase the proportion of infection contacts that successfully complete treatment for latent TB infection (LTBI).

Publication Info

Published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Volume 52, Issue 11, 2003, pages 222-224.

Rights

Chamblee, T., Hartley, D., Holcombe, M. Parham, K., Upchurch, P, Webb, R. M., ... Dewan, P. K. (2003). Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis associated with failed completion of treatment for latent tuberculosis infection - Chickasaw County, Mississippi, June 1999-March 2002. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 52(11), 222-224.

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